After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

Credits

Seijun SuzukiDirector

Tetsuya WatariTetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo

Ryuji KitaKurata

Eimei EsumiOtsuka

Chieko MatsubaraChiharu